Edith Smith (police officer)
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Edith Smith was the first female police officer in the United Kingdom with full power of arrest.
Edith Smith in police uniform
Blue plaque installed in 2018 on Smith's home in Oxton
Women began working as police officers in the United Kingdom as early as December 1915 amidst the First World War. As with other countries, police forces in the UK were entirely male at the start of t
Edith Smith (police officer)
…Edith Smith (21 November 1876 – 26 June 1923) was the first female police officer in the United Kingdom (and second in the world after Lillian May Armfield in Australia) with full power of arrest. Edith Smith was born on 21 November…
Cressida Dick, former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service in London.
Police in Birmingham with a matron in about 1919
Policewomen in the Birmingham City Police during the inter-war years.
Women police in Hull City in 1940